EMBARRASSING! Things We Were Guilty of in the 1950s and 1960s

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[@JimmyYuen-n5n]

One boy say so embraceing 0:59 😊 1:08

[@JimmyYuen-n5n]

These were true in the early days ever heard of these 5:10 5:12 5:14

[@JimmyYuen-n5n]

The very early days of las vegas was so different from these days so many pawn shopes leaflets of models and girls for company

[@kat35lulu88]

Nothing about anything here was embarrassing...... the past was sweet, endearing, precious.

[@nbenefiel]

@@kat35lulu88 Yeah, it was great. Women had to have hubby or daddy sign if they wanted a credit card. We were still lynching black people and denying them the right to vote. They couldn’t sit at lunch counters or drink from white water fountains. It was just wonderful as long as you were white, male and, at least, middle class.

[@loriar1027]

Ehhh, the dog collar on the ankle is pretty embarrassing! Before my time, though!

[@nbenefiel]

@@loriar1027 I was born in 51. The fifties weren’t all great.

[@DavidDykes-dm9lc]

In the '60s we also looked forward to the future - till JFK was killed 😢

[@DavidDykes-dm9lc]

You can't have a complete Tiki atmosphere without Martin Denny records!!!😊

[@granddad-mv5ef]

I can only say that I am not embarrassed one bit by any of these things. Comparing those times to current trends really demonstrates how innocent and harmless we were.

[@sandrahaws3149]

Absolutely

[@aurielhurrell]

Me neither. Everyone looked healthy, all fabrics were natural not full off plastic elastic. Fashion was chic not nonsense bin bag style of today.

[@HappyValleyDreamin]

Ladies weren't covered in tattoos back then and no piercings except for your ears. I was in high school when the double pierced ears first came out in the 70s.

[@arielsea9087]

@@aurielhurrell Now we get fast fashion and people are running to thrift stores to buy better quality clothes. Then the speech about a clean environment. 🤧

[@jrnfw4060]

@@HappyValleyDreamin My ears have been double pierced for decades. Trouble is, the holes keep closing up over time and I have to have them repierced. Not fun!

[@melodiebear]

Apart from the ankle dog collars, which I never heard of, the styles of the 50’s were pretty nice.

[@49lucky]

Me neither sounds silly

[@Adina201]

Not embarrassing. It was a great time.. if you want embarrassing ? That’s today.

[@TheJaniceJoy]

Agree 💯 %

[@donaldakosior9840]

@@TheJaniceJoytotally 🤔how dare they laugh at what we wore !!at least we knew if we were a girl or boy 😡

[@arielsea9087]

What's embarrassing is the thing we have to ignore otherwise we're judgmental. . People wearing tight revealing clothes that are two to three sizes too small. Women thinking their butt is smaller because of it, after all wearing black makes a person thinner. 🤡

[@LynneFowler-h1g]

💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@talfacprez]

When I was a kid I remembered the Fuller Brush man coming to my house and working his way through our neighborhood.

[@jennifercogzell748]

In the UK it was "Betterman" who wouldn't go away until you bought something

[@bryanwalker6125]

I am 85 years old and was so pleased to be reminded of those safe and happy days. Times have changed!

[@s.h.5323]

Rifleman Tv sitcom was not shown in the 1959's, not until the 1970s I remember all Tv shows from the early 1950. The Nelson with Ricky... and "Lassie" was my all favorites ❤ Simple living, and respect for parents, and School Teachers!!!

[@tinasmith1391]

The thing I miss most about the 1950s is how bright the future looked.

[@starmnsixty1209]

That's for sure. Donald Fagan's "IGY" from around 1983 really looked nostalgically back to the optimism of the future we expected in the 1950s.😢

[@matrox]

Yeh...now it looks like sh!t.

[@tinasmith1391]

@@matrox I know. What does the future look like now? Well "experts" tell us that we have to stop farming or the world will end.

[@IMeMineWho]

Riiight. The 50s... McCarthyism, the Blacklist, segregation, the Red Scare, sooooo bright.😑

[@jamesmiller4184]

@@IMeMineWho Yeah, and really nothing-squared as compared to the horror that now progresses rapidly. (Another denier! There's always at least one found floating in the punch-bowl.)

[@dave3657]

My grandma had the cat eye glasses. Never wanted an ant farm, plenty of ants in the yard for free. I remember the Tupperware parties that I was dragged to when I was younger. Boring ! I remember watching Carol and all the other variety shows growing up. Telephone booths on every other corner is what I miss. Not the later open type but the enclosed glass ones.

[@jasonrodgers9063]

"Phone booth stuffing" was an analogue of the "car stuffing" craze mentioned here!

[@arielsea9087]

Unfortunately, drunks started pëeing in them and people destroying them to steal change. Yeah, the enlightened period arrived. 🤥

[@mikeywid4954]

I was born in '49 and I'm so glad I grew up in the 50s and 60s. I wouldn't trade it for anything. Great time to be alive!

[@kathrynmiller9622]

Born 1946 and wouldn't change any of that!!!!!

[@mairim4578]

1942,agree.

[@pegatheetoo1437]

@@mikeywid4954 legend ... wait for it ... dary! 😁

[@cheryldodd-marko9787]

1944...the best of times....🕊🇺🇲💕

[@jonBrown-k4p]

Embarrassing is today, not back then when people exercised decency...

[@ginac895]

Everyone is on their phones, like it's a lifesaving device. Young and old age doesn't matter. So obnoxious

[@elsiecovington8481]

Let get real nothing i see here is as bad as raggedy jeans and cell phones now .

[@snookoed]

Yet it was very oppressive. For women especially.

[@jonBrown-k4p]

@@snookoed you were never there then so what can you know...only what others impress on you, and they know very little too...

[@snookoed]

@@jonBrown-k4p I wasn't? A woman couldn't even get a loan without her husband's or father's signature. Don't be a complete idiot.

[@bridgetmccracken1381]

I remember my older sisters ironing each others hair before going to school. Thank you for this sweet look back

[@loriar1027]

I was a little kid in the 60s, but I helped my teenage babysitter to iron her hair. The trick was not to burn her scalp! 😂

[@NASCARFAN93100]

The 1950s & 1960s will forever be legendary

[@oreally8605]

And the 70's and 80's after that? Garbage 🗑

[@American-Motors-Corporation]

​@@oreally8605yeah basically it was legendary in the boomers mines to be honest the Boomer parents thought that the 60s and '70s was garbage and to be honest a lot of them didn't think too highly of particularly the latter half of the 1950s. So really you guys are just carrying on the same sentiments that your parents had before you.

[@jamesmiller4184]

Yeah, and young deniers will come on denying it was so, even having never lived then! Real guts or just stupid? I'd guess some of both.

[@IMeMineWho]

​@@jamesmiller4184You are assuming facts not in evidence Cletus.

[@jamesmiller4184]

@@IMeMineWho The indictment stands as-is, despite the vapid rejoinder. Explain how-so, re facts as proposed.

[@swk38]

andy williams christmas specials

[@barbaraleszczynski2214]

Oh my….they were wonderful! I miss those times.

[@kathrynmiller9622]

@swk38 His Christmas Specials were always a must see.

[@montanacrone8984]

My grandma loved the Christmas songs and all the festivities! She decorated, baked, sent cards!

[@pamp5797]

The fifties and sixties were the best years to grow up. Nothing to be ashamed of. Thanks for the memories.

[@rogertemple7193]

Thank You for the Memories of the Past.☕👋🇺🇲

[@jarnettearnette7600]

Grew up in the 50s/60s. Wonderful time to be young and alive!

[@USNBLUE]

Never laughed so hard watching the Carol Burnett show with my dad.

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

I still love the Starlet skit where she's wearing the curtains with the rod still in them! 😂

[@moonfire41]

Lol, I think it's funny now, but I saw the show when I was 9 with her in the beautiful tutu but clunky wooden shoes. I was a ballerina then and it irritated me. My dad was laughing at me for getting so mad at how wrong it looked.

[@aviatortrucker6285]

The best part of that show was trying to watch without laughing as you saw Harvey Corman being busted up by Tim Conway almost done every skit.

[@auapplemac1976]

I was one of those dog collar wearers.. The thicker the sox cuffs the better. Some girls wore more than one pair. Thankfully the fad only lasted a short time. Coffee Shops were fun. Usually attended by older teens who wanted to be considered “intellectual.” Most never read Proust or smoked anything stronger that a filtered cigarette!

[@MSK-jd5fi]

And she is still going! May she live on in health

[@pamelamays4186]

Trips to the drive-in in your pajamas, with a paper grocery bag full of popcorn popped in a skillet or a big cooking pot and cans of cold soda pop that were opened with an old school can opener.

[@PinkPumpkin529]

@@pamelamays4186 You were raised right! 👍 My Mom popped big Tupperware bowl of popcorn, put BOTTLES of Pepsi into ice filled Tupperware & also made BBQ sammiches she wrapped in foil & yep, into more Tupperware! I remember laying in back window, getting home & PRETENDING to be asleep so Daddy would CARRY me to bed! Ahh... those most definitely WERE the days! Where were your Drive-In days? Mine was small town of Jackson, Michigan! Loved it but Daddy brought us to Calif, LA, in Jan 1968! Sigh... 🩷✌️🤘

[@MaureenDeVries-wd9mh]

I remember!

[@karenhackney9920]

Cat eye glasses are making a comeback! The bullet bra thank goodness isn’t 😂

[@patsypeterman4712]

I just got a old pair having my script put in them!

[@joeheid2776]

A little trivia for my RR lovers. The theme for the Sci-Fi tv show Lost In Space was written by a then unknown composer Johnny Williams. His name is in the end credits. He would later drop the N and Y and become a prolific movie soundtrack composer for blockbuster movies such as Superman, Star Wars, ET, Schindler's List, Raiders of the Lost Ark as well as many, many more.

[@cheryldodd-marko9787]

JOHN WILLIAMS A TREASURE 🕊🇺🇲💕

[@patsypeterman4712]

I dress the 50's style everyday 💖 i love the style and so pretty 😍 i find true vintage clothing 50's and 60's clothes on the app whatnot. It's so fun!

[@PinkPumpkin529]

@@patsypeterman4712 That's sooo freakin cool!!! So happy hearing someone who wears WHAT THEY WANT!!! At the risk of sounding old, "You Go Girl"!!! Too bad I can't see you! 🥰🩷✌️🤘

[@matrox]

Buddy Ebsen was 6'3 in his prime. When Davy Crocket was on TV I thought he was a little guy because he would always be standing next to Fess Parker. Then I found out much later that Fess was a tad over 6'6 that made Buddy look short.

[@Lettuce-and-Tomatoes]

The Bullet Bra should have been called the False Advertising Bra! 🤔😁🍻

[@luisreyes1963]

The predecessor to the Wonderbra, I reckon. 😅

[@madwhitehare3635]

Yep....like the Wonderbra....take it off and you wonder where they went to!

[@cheryldodd-marko9787]

Made by men

[@MaureenDeVries-wd9mh]

Hahahaha!

[@lindaheaps9047]

You missed American Bandstand we all hurried home after school to watch and learn the new dances. I can't remember the name of the man who MC'd it, it might have been Dick Clark,, he became very popular.

[@vickyanderson1453]

It was Dick Clark.

[@matrox]

Carol Burnett, Jonathan Winters, The Smothers Brothers were the funniest variety shows on back then. In 1970 The Flip Wilson Show was tops.

[@stevenweaver3386]

I loved the show "Laugh-In"

[@anacabrera2809]

And later on The Red Skelton Show.

[@matrox]

@@anacabrera2809 Red Skelton was 1951-71.

[@barnabasschuler9025]

I remember the 50’s well. We had air raids at school!

[@RevLeigh55]

Do you mean duck and cover drills?

[@sherry5667]

We had air raids in South San Francisco too. It was either under our desks with hands over our heads & necks or outside in a cement ditch in the field. Even as a child I wondered how that would protect us from a bomb. The sound of the siren was common back then. I started Kindergarten in 1961 and remember these drills until about 6th grade.

[@joycemoss6205]

I am 80 I enjoyed this trip down memory lane !Thanks!

[@stevenweaver3386]

I miss the variety shows. Red Skelton, Carol Burnett, Andy Williams, and last nut not least Art Linkletters Kids Say The Darndest Things.

[@kathrynmiller9622]

@stevenweaver3386 Art's "kid say the darkest things" was soooooo funny.

[@Bluerose888]

@@kathrynmiller9622 How about the show Candid Camera?

[@slim-oneslim8014]

The bullet bra, "You'll shoot your eye out, kid!" 😂😅

[@ranjittyagi9354]

🥵 please, have mercy.

[@luisreyes1963]

"I'll show you my .45 if you show me your 38s..." 😅

[@RayPointerChannel]

Remember Ann Jeffries on the TOPPER TV show? You could not miss her with those nose cones under her sweater!

[@markporter6933]

I miss Space Food Sticks! I couldn't get enough of the peanut butter sticks! They need to bring those back!!! 😱🤣

[@terryfowler6090]

I preferred the chocolate ones.

[@markporter6933]

@@terryfowler6090 The strawberry ones were pretty bomb too? 🤗

[@PatBackPatBack-x4n]

Sugar Daddy and Sugar Babies. Hadn't thought of those things in years. Literally a sweet memory.😊❤️

[@Joannakathryn]

@@PatBackPatBack-x4n You may be able to still get them, but I'm afraid to eat them now for fear they'll pull out some of my dental work.

[@DestinationsChronicles]

Not sure that any of these are/were embarrassing at all. These were fashion trends. They didn't care about being "cool" twenty years later. They were being cool THEN in that moment. People are doing this still.

[@arielsea9087]

The torn "distressed" jean/shorts look was always ridiculous to me. They're short enough but they still want holes in them.

[@barbarakessinger6965]

You forgot the necklaces and bracelets made with soda poptops and folded gum wrappers. Also the lampshades and other home decor made with cracked marbles we made ourselves. We were so crafty back then. lol

[@DavidFrehlini-y1y]

I remember very well. Late October 1957, my 13Th Birthday. And there I was a Teenager in the 50'S. But I still remember some of those GREAT old TV Shows.

[@jamesmiller4184]

You are a War Baby (born 1944) thus escaping Boomer status, just by the skin of our teeth!

[@morganm9040]

It’s called a planchette: the ouija board ‘’thing-a-ma-jig’’ I’m trying not to visualize my great aunt (born in 1888) in a bullet bra lmao! I used to watch Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-in with my mom when I was about 5 or 6…I didn’t get the joke, but they were sure having fun. Also watched Flip Wilson. He was way before his time!

[@jilledmondson6894]

Loved all of the westerns in the 1950's. When I started working in 1967 the Sheraton Chicago on north Michigan Ave. had the Kon Tiki Room. We went there as a department from my work for birthdays. Fabulous buffet. You forgot the Red Skelton show in the late 50;s H was so funny. GREAT MEMORIES AND VIDEO.

[@Whoremembersusa]

If you got to experience everything back then, you’d feel incredibly lucky, and everything would be amazing! Thanks you.

[@tonycollazorappo]

I had the whole cowboy set up, lol. I was born in 1961, and I had the cap guns with holsters and all, and let's not forget the cowboy hat. I still wear a cowboy hat during the summer, but I don't own guns at all. I almost forgot that I also had a palomino rocking horse, lol.

[@wms72]

I was born in 1954, and I loved my hat and 6 shooter guns. I wore them to bed

[@zuzuspetals9281]

⁠@paulettebuchignani9784Same girl, but my sister eventually got the horses! I wasn’t so keen on riding but she and our friends were. We even made our own cowboy movie! Those were great times. I feel fortunate we grew up back then.

[@MSK-jd5fi]

I forgot all about “Paul is dead.” A friend of my husband really believed it. Kind of funny now that Sir Paul is 82. If he is an imposter, he has managed to keep the secret for almost 60 years!

[@lisanidog8178]

I watched the Man from U.N.C.L.E. Get Smart and every Thursday was the Wild Wild West.

[@deweygill1973]

If bullet bras and tight sweaters came back in style, I wouldn’t complain. I remember going shopping for groceries or to one of the new suburban malls in the early ‘60’s. All of the people were nicely dressed. Women in an attractive blouse, skirt or dress, and a fashionable hat. Men usually in a suit or at least a nicely pressed shirt and pants, and a brim. People today have no pride. I see them at the grocery store in flip flops and what looks like pajamas.

[@user-vm5ud4xw6n]

Cat eye glasses are still around! Never heard of the dog collar on the leg thing. Glad I didn’t! Seriously strange!! Every now and then I still say “Same Bat time same Bat station,” also, “now you know and knowing is 1/2 the battle.” (From the GI Joe cartoon!)

[@kathyh4804]

NOTHING was embarrassing in the 1950s compared to the insanity today!Exceot maybe the “bullet bra!” 😂

[@lorinichols9996]

Half of young people look like clowns to me, especially the highlighter colored hair dyes!

[@cheryldodd-marko9787]

Made by men

[@jrnfw4060]

@@cheryldodd-marko9787 Of course!

[@Kevin-yh9yt]

Another crazy thing from the 60s was the whole 'granny' thing....granny dresses and granny glasses. Strange but true...

[@sandraford4235]

I had granny glasses I got pink tinted lenses ,my mother said they looked like blind glasses .

[@jrnfw4060]

That was cute. I had a couple of granny dresses, myself. The exact opposite of the mini-skirts. It was a creative era, when people enjoyed greater variety in very fun things.

[@romad357]

R.I.P. Illya Kuryakin

[@chickenmom1370]

Had Louis Ginsburg, Alan's father, as a teacher in Central HS, Paterson for a teacher back in the late 50's - early 60's. Thanks for the memories!

[@lisanidog8178]

Oh Laugh In! I begged my parents to let me stay up. It was on from 8-9pm. Some of it I understood, some I didn’t. Loved Artie Johnson.

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

@@lisanidog8178 I loved Laugh In. We watched it all the time. 😎

[@lisanidog8178]

@@Mick_Ts_Chick Cool!

[@margaretpayne3132]

My brother, in the late 1950's, wore 'peg-leg jeans' as a fad in high school. I remember him having a real hard time taking them off as the bottom of the jeans were sooo tight on his ankles. I recall he also took his normal jeans and sewed the ankle area smaller to get the effect.

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

@@margaretpayne3132 When I was a little kid in the mid-60s, I begged my mom to get me those tapered pants so I could look like the older cool kids.

[@stephenspilker9334]

oh oh another episode that tells me i'm old lol.

[@AngelaGoodwin-fh6fw]

So true!😂

[@lovly2cu725]

every episode does

[@starmnsixty1209]

Don't they all?

[@IMeMineWho]

Lol.

[@kathyh4804]

I’d rather be old than be young today with all the insanity

[@julienielsen3746]

Mom , myself, and my sister all wore Cat eye glasses. Today was my mom's 100th birthday. She passed on in her 80s. Happy Heavenly Birthday Mom.

[@BarbaraLogsdon-h4z]

I was born during the days of torpedo teats, dresses below the knees, Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley and the Glen Miller band. Those were some primitive days. I’ve watch time evolve into high technology along with the magical smart phones we just seem to survive without anymore. The drawback seems to be the lost connectivity we once had towards others as narcissism and karenicity is taking over the souls of people. Our lifestyles are now leading to the destruction of our planet if mankind doesn’t change its ways.

[@matrox]

Coburn had 3 flint movies..."Our Man Flint" .."Get Flint" and "In like Flint". I saw all 3 of them.

[@garywagner2466]

The Flint movies were hilarious. Matt Helm was pretty funny, too.

[@luisreyes1963]

Didn't know there was a 3rd Flint movie. Ray Danton played Derek Flint in that Made-For-TV film that ran on ABC in 1977.

[@DarleneHarris-s6h]

I remember wearing little white gloves to church when I was little!! And I slept in back window of our car!!

[@lindawolffkashmir2768]

The spy craze was huge across both the US and Britain. So many spy shows appeared during that time. Danger Man, The Avengers, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., etc. only scratched the surface. Even Doctor Who during the Pertwee years took on more of a spy theme. Then there was The Prisoner, which was about a retired spy. Even the cartoons of that time embraced the spy genre with Secret Squirrel and Danger Mouse. Over time, it moved more into the private eye theme, but the whole era was a definite reflection of the Cold War and its effect on society.

[@pegatheetoo1437]

i lived through the 50s & 60s. I was never embarrassed by anything I did or wore. Everyone else was doing it too. It wasn't eccentric or radical ... just fun! 😂

[@tonycollazorappo]

I still like westerns.

[@amandabrown4809]

Westerns will always be my favorite. But only the older ones.

[@chadbrown748]

I like some of them... Primarily as a history buff.

[@RayPointerChannel]

It was fun fantasy and didn't do any damage to kids that I know of, especially since there were morals in the stories. Even with the questions about the use of guns, we never had gun violence in the schools. Now that there are no TV Westerns, how do you explain the presence of Gun Violence?

[@apopkaflowerchild9399]

I used to burn the side of my face ironing my hair, lol. Good times. 🤣

[@julenepegher6999]

Me and my sister would set up the Ironing board and iron each other’s hair. Haha, we got burned a few times too. 😅

[@elsiecovington8481]

@apopkaflowerchild9399 now all you see is fake hair and fake finger nails .

[@arielsea9087]

Yesterday, I saw a woman? with an incredibly long and wide braid (most likely fake) It looked like an anaconda was attached to her head.

[@tisenhow]

Who remembers pastel tumblers with burlap

[@leighr528]

I smile when I see them in antique shops!

[@brendadrew834]

The words "embarrassing" and "guilty" are a matter of opinion! I was born in 1948 so I was just a little girl in the 1950s, but I had two older brothers and remember them dressed up in cowboy outfits and playing with cap guns which I tried a couple of times. I remember they were crazy about Elvis and his hit song, "You Ain't Nothing but a Hound dog" and also crazy about the NY Yankees! I remember the poodle skirts and brown and white Saddle shoes which I had a pair, too. And sock hop dances every Friday night in junior high in the early 1960s, James Darren was a favorite! In high school in beautiful northeastern NJ we weren't allowed to wear pants/jeans same in junior high, we had to wear dresses /jumpers or skirts. They also measured our outfits in the beginning to see that they weren't too short, but that didn't last long! My regional high school was very much like the one in the hit movie "Grease" the Italian hoods vs the preppie collegiates, very clicky! I took art as a major and was art editor of the yearbook and drew those different students for the year book! By the late 1960s I went to a great fashion art school in NYC and became a professional fashion illustrator illustrating all those 1960s and early 1970s fashions in color for the pattern companies like Simplicity and Vogue Butterick and buying offices in Manhattan where I lived on the upper East Side before I got married and had three daughters! BTW, Howard Hughes first designed a bra for movie star Jane Russell called the "Torpedo bra", a pointed one in the late 1940s/early 1950s!

[@geraldineblack3049]

IT WASN’T EMBARRASSING..

[@gretafields4706]

The worst thing was the little velvet bows that women stuck in their hair in the 1960s. In the 1959s we wore Buster Brown shoes, ugh!

[@CoolChannelName]

Something young people today might never know is McDonald's deep-fried apple and cherry pies. Hotter than the sun inside, but delicious.

[@N-Scale]

We , once again , need the variety shows and Foster Brooks

[@typograf62]

Running around in spacesuits. In my case made from cardboard boxes that my father enhanced by drawing dials, buttons and a telephone handset. I am not from the US but from Denmark.

[@petervitti9]

We made a space suit out of dry cleaning plastic.

[@cyclenut]

In the early 70s i had a cowboy gear. In 75/76 i rode a pinto horse to school and dressed like a cowboy was fun. I was 12.

[@AllDayEloquence]

Many of these things spilled over into the 70s. The 70s was just an extension of the 60s until after the war.

[@BRINABOO-s2k]

WE HAD A CON TIKI PORT RESTAURANTS HERE IN CHICAGO ON NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE BACK IN THE 1970’s/1980’s. IT WAS ONE OF MY GRANDMOTHER FAVORITE RESTAURANTS. I RECALL AS A CHILD HER TAKING MY SISTER AND I AS A TREAT DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS HERE IN CHICAGO.

[@Michele-m7w]

One thing missing - Mickey Mouse Club!

[@CrankyBeach]

When I was in middle school in the second half of the 1960s, "going steady" meant the boy giving the girl a St. Christopher medal to wear around her neck. An ant farm was my 6th grade science fair project. I had a tiki necklace, and my cat glasses frames were a hand-me-down from my older sister. (I didn't like them and hardly ever wore them.) No naps on the back deck; we had a station wagon. On one road trip our mother fixed up a bed for us in the back of the station wagon.

[@amandabrown4809]

We did the bed in the station wagon too. Such good memories.

[@jasonrodgers9063]

I'm SO glad I grew up in this era, rather than now, where all kids (hell, adults, too!) have to be strapped into they car like they're being kidnapped!

[@pamelamays4186]

When I was a little girl in the sixties I wore a pair of white gloves to church.

[@lisanidog8178]

I wasn’t born until 1959. And I was a kid in the 60’s. Didn’t become teenager until 1972. My brother was born in 1956 so he missed all this stuff.

[@michaelbaucom4019]

Madonna made the bullet bra famous/cool again in the 1980s...

[@lindaangus2307]

Madonna was considered "a bad girl" in the 80's so the "bullet bra" was her outfit of choice.

[@eugeniaruggiero5451]

Great video! Brings back lots of memories!

[@RayPointerChannel]

I agree. And there was nothing "embarrassing" about these things. What WAS embarrassing was a high school girl getting pregnant. That is no longer an embarrassment. This is just another example of the lowered social standards of the past 50 years. You can also turn to current popular music, which is very limited in range and artistry that is full of negative messages and ugliness. No wonder we have angry, cynical people.

[@WeeScottishLass39]

Embarrassing and guilty. Two ridiculous words. Fashion comes and goes.

[@dmfinpa]

When I was in the Air Force there was a guy in our barracks that was big into the occult. He was a regular weejie board practitioner. Today, decades later, he’s a Baptist minister. What a metamorphosis!

[@jrnfw4060]

Probably got the devil scared out of him one day while using that board, which, by the way, is spelled "Ouiji" but pronounced "weegee". Either way, it's nothing to fool around with.

[@Steven-kr2ti]

He saw something that scared the life out of him I bet

[@michaelmayhood4286]

Ok, I'm convinced! Forget the smartphones and the algorithms; Let's go back and have some fun! Where am I and who are these 'people'?

[@RayPointerChannel]

You cant' "go back" since time is constantly advancing. What we can do is embrace those standards and apply them to the present.

[@matrox]

Cars back the were just cool looking. How many peeps today do you see who want to be seen even sitting on a Honda Civic or similar Clown car? There would be a big dent left in the hood if the hood is even big enough to sit on.

[@KarlLaFong-v2q]

Cars are so damn boring nowadays. Actually since the 1970s ( the beginning of the 'compact car' ) In the 1960s, my brother's friend had a 1957 Chevy Bel-Aire, my friend's dad had a 1965 Mustang and a married couple down the street had two 1957 Ford Thunderbird sports cars with the little round window on the side. One was pink and the other black. It would be awesome if they still had them :)

[@PinkPumpkin529]

@@KarlLaFong-v2q That's right! Notice how EVERYBODY in the 50's & 60's drove cool ass bitchen cars? My Dad "cherried" a '66 Mustang ragtop for me, my 1st car! It was 1971 & MY CAR was THE BEST! Even the guys in Glendale w/their surfer GTO'S & the low riders couldn't TOUCH my flyin pony! It was painted what Ford called Calypso Coral (orange), Dad got a new top in black w/the newest folds-in-half plexiglass rear window! No crinkly, funky plastic for his girl! A Grant solid (oak or walnut? Damn!) wooden steering wheel! Since his baby girl THRIVES on music, an electric antenna was installed, along w/6, count em, 6 speakers!!! High back "Captain's chair" bucket seats & to be different, a Mach 1 gas cap! Can't even describe it, pushed button to open, didn't remove, just cool as Hell!!! Ex crashed head-on into cinder block wall surrounding gas station! Wasn't w/him but KNOW he was showing off! Car died! He didn't! DAMMIT!!! 🤣🩷✌️🤘

[@cruisecrazy7066]

I heard that Tupperwear just went Bankrupt.

[@RayPointerChannel]

I wonder if it is because their business model is dated, or they suffered under competition from other companies producing similar products? Also, it seems that not as many young people prepare home cooked meals, and there is no need for storing leftovers.

[@masudashizue777]

Westerns were big back then. I remember dressing up as a cowboy for Halloween. Since I had a single holster (a holster with only a single gun), I envied those kids with double holsters.

[@parson8582]

Thanks for the memories.....

[@ms.krueger2660]

I would gladly go back to the 70s/80s. I am 60. The best of times!! 💜 My grandma had the cat eye glasses. My brother had the cowboy stuff. Life was so simple. 💜

[@TheJaniceJoy]

I didn’t know anyone who had an ant farm or sea monkeys (brine shrimp), they were heavily advertised though.

[@bl1429]

Women getting knocked up before marriage was a big NO NO.

[@RevLeigh55]

But if happened more often than we admitted.

[@bwenluck9812]

@bl And, even if married, pregnancy was to be hidden....

[@bl1429]

@@RevLeigh55 Yup, a friend of mine was born in a home for unwed mothers in 1955.

[@Joannakathryn]

But there were lots of 7 lb. "premature" babies, too. Ricky Nelson's daughter tells of Ozzie and her other grandfather (Tom Harmon) arranging for her to be put in an incubator to make people think that she was conceived after Ricky and Kristen got married, even though she was full term.

[@nancywilson1488]

It was fun to watch make believe gangster movies and play cowboys and Indians.

[@bobdobbs420]

Panty raids would probably not be a great idea in 2024.

[@RevLeigh55]

Thank goodness that form of sexism is out of favor.

[@bwenluck9812]

@bob Planning a pantyraid, Bob????

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

@@bobdobbs420 Not unless you like being arrested.

[@matrox]

We got ant farms for Xmas once and the Ants were in the same box in a white plastic tube.

[@juniettareidhead8310]

Also, another fad was the girl wearing her boyfriend’s class ring strung on a chain that she wore constantly as a pendant.

[@juniettareidhead8310]

This was known as “going steady.”

[@pamelamays4186]

In the sixties it was a tradition in my neighborhood for little girls to get their hair pressed with a hot comb that was heated in the flames of a gas stove top burner. We would also get home permanents and get our hair put up in pink hair rollers.

[@beverlytolbert2278]

Yeah, I remember those days, too!! That moisture in my hair would steam up when that hot comb hit the hair, and I would cry like a banshee! I was GLAD when the bush(afro) came into style!!😂

[@beverlytolbert2278]

My poor mom!!

[@kathleenevans1201]

I think it was Lee Meriwether that was pictured as Cat Woman.

[@1957mrbill]

I agree. Lee Meriwether played Catwoman in the 1966 feature film, and Eartha Kitt portrayed Catwoman in the series' final season

[@lovly2cu725]

MAYBE

[@matrox]

@@1957mrbill Julie Newmar also played CW.

[@starmnsixty1209]

​@@matroxJulie was the first Catwoman (and best) on the Batman TV series. Earth's Kitt became Catwoman in the final season, but no fight between her, and Batgirl.😢

[@starmnsixty1209]

It was her from the 1966 big screen Batman.

[@r.a.contrerasma8578]

I can't imagine all my aunts in bullet bras.

[@Knors666able]

I remember my mother wearing those cats eyes specs & shirtwaisters with huge skirts & huge petticoats made stiffened fabric & boning. She carried on wearing them until the 60s when trousers came back into fashion & she went into trousers & never left them on until she died

[@RevLeigh55]

I had a friend who rolled her hair in beer cans to straighten it. I was lucky to have naturally long flat hair, which was in style.

[@Joannakathryn]

I used beer cans and orange cans to straighten my hair (think Felicity). One day, I stuck my head out my apartment door with my hair rolled, and one of my neighbors hollered, "You get all the channels, don't you!"

[@richardtaylor8595]

Cars from the 60; s were the best cars ever. They had a style, not like the boxes we drive now. I Rember the rumor that Paul was dead. I have heard that The Beatles started it as an inside joke. Making references on their album covers. I remember there was an actual court case shown on tv as to whether or not Pual was dead. I watched that show. On The BEATLES white album, the song Revolution number 9 has cheers that go from block that kick to Paul is dead. You do not have to play it backwards; it is in the song on regular play if you listen close enough. My parents got me an Oliji Board for Christmas but made me follow the rules completely. Never do it alone. We would pack my brothers and sister and friends into the back of our station wagon. When I was 5, I had a batman costume, and I wore it all the time.

[@richardtaylor8595]

Thank you all for enjoying my childhood.

[@IMeMineWho]

There are still Paul is Dead rumors on You Tube. Some silly guy has a KZbin. He calls his platform Justice for Paul McCartney. Funny that such a silly conspiracy theory would still continue.

[@zuzuspetals9281]

I wanted that first Mustang, but grew up and realized the best car was the ‘55 Chevy.

[@moonfire41]

I love the atomic style of kitchen appliances and decor. Also those funny cat clocks.

[@CoolChannelName]

Today, some just wear the collars on their necks. This video made me think of "one two, buckle my shoe" back when shoes had buckles.

[@TheUberSchattenjager]

Love your videos! Going to order simplisafe system via your link this week!

[@sandraduden8198]

I fail to see how any of this is embarrassing lol. So many good memories.

[@renae9365]

You always put a tea towel on top of the hair being ironed, so to not burn it.

[@footballlvnlady]

My mother had black cat eye glasses. She had them in the 60’s and 70’s. I never heard of girls wearing dog collars on their legs. I heard of getting pinned but before my time. When I started going steady with my future husband in 1974 we wore the boys initial ring. Because they were big for the girl we wrapped yarn around the back of the ring. When you showed up wearing the guys ring that showed you were taken. Never ironed my hair. I would’ve been afraid of burning it. Loved watching the variety shows in the 60’s and 70’s. I miss that time. If I could teleport myself I would do the 50’s-70’s.

[@matrox]

Strange things have actually happened using a QUIJA board.

[@ranjittyagi9354]

Nothing. Hoax

[@stevenweaver3386]

​@@ranjittyagi9354 in your opinion. Many agree with the post from actual experience.

[@wms72]

​@@ranjittyagi9354Ouija summons demond

[@pslm23]

My ex used to play Ouija board with his friends when he was younger. He said things happened that scared them all.

[@matrox]

I know someone who gave up Quija when group were playing around and the quija jumped off the board and flew across the room.

[@matrox]

The Beatles started the whole long hair movement as peeps hair emulated the beatles, then hair just kept getting longer and longer...some peeps today still wearing long hair as a carry over from the 60s. Think about it...peeps were not wearing long hair since the 1800s and thats because lots of peeps had no access to a barber. By the turn of the century to the 1960s hardly no males were wearing long hair unless no access to a barber.

[@dangreene3895]

Yes, in the 1960's we looked ahead to the future, and now the future is here, and it sure aint what we thought it would be.

[@RevLeigh55]

Welcome to reality. In adulthood in any era, life is less fun.